Disclosure context

About thegentlemen

thegentlemen is a ransomware group that emerged in September 2025, operating with apparent financial motivations based on their broad targeting of commercial sectors. The group has documented 267 victims across multiple countries, with primary focus on the United States, Thailand, France, Brazil, and India. Their targeting strategy demonstrates a preference for high-value sectors including manufacturing, technology, healthcare, and financial services organizations. Given the group's recent emergence and limited public documentation from established threat intelligence sources such as CISA, FBI, or major security research firms, specific details regarding their country of origin, operational structure, attack methodologies, encryption techniques, and whether they employ ransomware-as-a-service models remain unclear. The relatively high victim count of 267 in a short operational timeframe since September 2025 suggests either an aggressive campaign pace or potential inflation of victim numbers through affiliate operations, though without corroborating intelligence reports, the group's exact operational capabilities and notable campaigns cannot be definitively established. Current intelligence indicates the group remains active as of late 2025, though comprehensive threat profiling requires additional validated reporting from authoritative cybersecurity sources. The group has been linked to 424 public disclosures across our corpus. First observed on a leak site on September 9, 2025; most recent post May 18, 2026. The operation is currently active.

Also tracked as: the gentlemen.

Timeline of this disclosure

May 9, 2026CHX Express listed by thegentlemenon the group's public leak site

Sector and geography

This disclosure adds to ransomware activity in the Transportation/Logistics sector, which has 847 disclosures indexed across all operators we track. Geographically, CHX Express is reported in VE, a country with 2 ransomware disclosures in our corpus.

How we know this. Darkfield monitors public ransomware leak sites continuously, archiving every new disclosure and the data later released against the victim. Each entry on this page is sourced from the operator's own publication and cross-checked against complementary OSINT feeds (RansomLook, ransomware.live, RansomWatch). We do not collect or host stolen data — only the metadata, timestamps and screenshots needed to make the public disclosure searchable and accountable. Records here are corrected when the original post is edited, retracted, or merged with another disclosure.

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CHX Express

Claimed by thegentlemen · listed 12 days ago

11d

Age

since listed · data leaked

Status timeline

Listed
May 9, 2026
Data leaked

At a glance

Group: thegentlemen
Status: Data leaked
Country: VE
Sector: Transportation/Logistics
Listed on leak site: May 9, 2026

About the victim

AI dossier — public-source company profile

C.H. Express C.A. is a Venezuelan transportation and logistics company headquartered in San Diego, Carabobo, with over 20 years of experience in the local market. The company provides national cargo transportation, package delivery (encomienda), and light cargo consolidation services covering the entire Venezuelan territory. It operates a modern fleet, large warehouse facilities, and offers online shipment tracking tools for its client base.

Industry: National Cargo Transportation & Logistics
Address: Av principal Sector Hacienda Mozanga Galpon CH Express, Zona Postal 2005, San Diego, Estado Carabobo, Venezuela

Attack summary

Severity: medium — Data has been published (disclosed status: data_published), indicating confirmed exfiltration; however, no data volume, regulated/sensitive PII at scale, or critical infrastructure impact is specified, placing this at medium rather than high or critical.

The group 'thegentlemen' claims to have attacked C.H. Express C.A. and has published data from the victim, though no specific ransom amount or data volume was stated. The disclosed status indicates data has been published, suggesting exfiltration of company and/or client data.

medium

Data the group says was taken

AI dossier — extracted from the leak post

Company operational data
Client records
Shipment/logistics data
Employee information

What the group claims

chxpress.com.ve C.H. Express C.A. is a Venezuelan transportation and logistics company with over 20 years of experience, headquartered in San Diego, Carabobo. The company specializes in national cargo transportation, package delivery services, and light cargo consolidation, covering the entire Venezuelan territory. With a strategic location, modern fleet, and large warehouse facilities, they ensure fast, reliable deliveries and efficient logistics solutions for various industries across the country.

Sources

Victim sitechxpress.com.ve

Source

Indexed 12 days ago

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